Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-05
000116167
Contested design: 008445852-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design No 008445852-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 008445852-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liking Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
#502C, 5/F Ho King Commercial Centre 2-16 Fa Yuen Street Mong Kok, Kowloon 99907, Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong der Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
MAX Trader GmbH
Germany (DE)
Wilhelm-Beckmann-Straße 19, 45307 Essen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
social media posts showing a rowing machine design marketed as Skandika
instagram.com/skandika/; facebook.com/pg/skandika/photos/?ref=page_internal · Instagram and Facebook · disclosed 2019-11-28
Amazon listing for "Skandika Styrke Water Rowing Machine"
ASIN B0824572JR · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-11-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier online disclosures of the same rowing-machine design.
- ›The applicant relied on Skandika Instagram and Facebook posts from late November and early December 2019 and an Amazon.de listing showing first availability on 27 November 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the evidence of disclosure was unrebutted and the Division assessed individual character under Article 6.
- ›The Division found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user and declared the contested design invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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